Learn to cook from the best chefs in America Some people say you can only learn to cook by doing. So Adam Roberts, creator of the award-winning blog The Amateur Gourmet, set out to cook in 50 of America's best kitchens to figure out how any average Joe or Jane can cook like a seasoned pro. From Alice Waters's garden to José Andrés's home kitchen, it was a journey peppered with rock-star chefs and dedicated home cooks unified by a common passion, one that Roberts understands deeply and transfers to the reader with flair, thoughtfulness, and good humor: a love and appreciation of cooking. Roberts adapts recipes from Hugh Acheson, Lidia Bastianich, Roy Choi, Harold Dieterle, Sara Moulton, and more. The culmination of that journey is a cookbook filled with lessons, tips, and tricks from the most admired chefs in America, including how to properly dress a salad, bake a no-fail piecrust, make light and airy pasta, and stir-fry in a wok, plus how to improve your knife skills, eliminate wasteful food practices, and create recipes of your very own. Most important, Roberts has adapted 150 of the chefs' signature recipes into totally doable dishes for the home cook. Now anyone can learn to cook like a pro! Adam Roberts is the creator of The Amateur Gourmet, called one of the "World's Best Food Blogs" by The Times of London and a "food world must-read" by The Denver Post. Since he began his blog in 2004, Roberts has been featured on CNN and hosted several shows for Food Network online, and in addition to writing his own blog, he writes for Food & Wine, Salon, Serious Eats, The Huffington Post, and Epicurious. He is currently discovering places to eat in his new hometown: Los Angeles, California. "Finally, a chef cookbook that demonstrates sympathy for the novice! Highly recommended for home cooks who want to become less recipe-reliant." -Library Journal, starred review "These are the kind of recipes that become part of your permanent repertoire, and the chefs' 'secrets' are the kind of key information that transform a modest cook into a brilliant one." -Austin Chronicle "There's truly something here for every cook. . . . If you've ever dreamed of apprenticing in your favorite chef's kitchen, you won't want to miss this extraordinary book." -Fine Cooking "It's difficult to fully explain how fantastic this book is without just putting it into your hands and pushing you into a comfy chair for the afternoon. A tome of collective culinary know-how that simultaneously entertains, engages, and educates . . . you'll want to spend some time with this one." -TheKitchn.com "Packed with recipes and witticisms from 50 of today's greatest cuisiners . . . Delectable." -Atlanta Magazine "A who's who of the food world . . . no one could ask for a better group of instructors." -Publishers Weekly "I love this book. It is a collision of one of the most curious and enthusiastic home cooks I know, Adam Roberts, and a long list of chefs and cooks I would do just about anything to learn from. He is able to draw out a fascinating range of quotes, lessons, recipes, and insights-each as distinct and personal as those sharing their kitchens." -Heidi Swanson, author of Super Natural Every Day "Adam Roberts's book is an excellent resource for anyone who wants to learn from the best chefs in the country." -David Chang, chef/owner, Momofuku "Adam Roberts is an original: smart, funny, talented, endlessly inquisitive, an A student and, happily for us, an A+ teacher. Everyone from beginner cooks to sure hands will learn something new on each page. And even if, like Adam's mom's, your stove stores shoes and handbags, you'll still be charmed by Secrets-it's a great read." -Dorie Greenspan, author of Around My French Table "One of the best and most appr

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